A Terrytown woman has been booked with arson and animal cruelty after authorities say she admitted setting a house fire that killed her boyfriend's three dogs after he left her in Florida while they were on vacation.

Sabrina Lestrick, 31, of 1920 Friedrica St., was booked Wednesday with simple arson and three counts of aggravated animal cruelty. She remains in custody at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna.

Lestrick is accused of setting the fire Monday after she returned from Destin, Fla., where her boyfriend left her, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office incident report.

Lestrick and her boyfriend argued Sunday while they were staying at a hotel, according to the report. The boyfriend said that Lestrick tried to attack him with a knife and he left the hotel and returned to Louisiana. On Monday, when he went to see if Lestrick had moved out of the house, he found it ablaze. The victim said that Lestrick had threatened to "burn down the house" during their past arguments. Witnesses corroborated the victim's account.

When Lestrick was interviewed by investigators, she admitted starting the fire with gasoline in the kitchen, according to an arrest report. Lestrick said that her boyfriend left her and her children in Florida and they had to catch a bus back to Louisiana. After reaching the state, she caught a taxi to her boyfriend's house and started the fire. She said she stayed inside the house to watch it burn, and received first- and second-degree burns on her legs.

The Terrytown Volunteer Fire Department, which responded to the fire, pulled a yellow Labrador Retriever, a Chihuahua and mixed breed dog from the home. Two of the dogs died at the scene, and the other dog died later due to smoke inhalation.